Salesforce.com Foundation Honored as one of the San Francisco Bay Area's Top Corporate Philanthropists by the San Francisco Busi
August 14 2007 - 8:00AM
PR Newswire (US)
Leader in integrated corporate philanthropy also receives the Levi
Strauss & Co. Community Committee Award for giving 1% of
pre-tax income to charitable causes SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Aug. 14
/PRNewswire/ -- Salesforce.com Foundation, the global leader in
integrating philanthropy and business, today announced it has been
recognized as one of the top corporate philanthropists in the Bay
Area by the San Francisco Business Times. The Salesforce.com
Foundation ranked number 18 on the publication's list of the top 70
Bay Area corporate philanthropists. In addition, salesforce.com was
one of 10 recipients of the Levi Strauss & Co. Community
Committee Award, which recognizes companies who give at least 1% of
their pre-tax income to charitable causes. (Logo:
http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20050216/SFW105LOGO ) "It gives
us great pride to be recognized locally for our integrated
corporate philanthropy model where our people, technology and
relationships are used to improve our communities," said Marc
Benioff, chairman and CEO of salesforce.com. "Our position amongst
much larger companies demonstrates the tremendous impact that
companies can have by making giving back a priority from the very
beginning." The San Francisco Business Times' rankings of the
largest corporate philanthropists are based on total cash
contributions to Bay Area charities in 2006. In 2006, the
Salesforce.com Foundation provided approximately $1.9 million in
charitable contributions to the Bay Area, and $3.5 million
globally. In addition to the cash contribution acknowledged by the
San Francisco Business Times, salesforce.com and the Salesforce.com
Foundation further served the Bay Area through the company's unique
1/1/1 integrated corporate philanthropy model where 1% of employee
time, 1% of the company's equity, and 1% of the company's product
are delivered to nonprofits. Among other awards, this recognition
comes on the heels of salesforce.com being named one of the world's
most ethical companies by Ethisphere Magazine, receiving the 2006
Committee to Encourage Corporate Philanthropy (CECP) Excellence
Award, and being ranked number seven on the list of the 100 Best
Corporate Citizens by Business Ethics Magazine. About
Salesforce.com Foundation The Salesforce.com Foundation is the
leader in pioneering, evangelizing and implementing the 1% Model,
and using this model as a means to improve the lives of people
around the world. The Salesforce.com Foundation harnesses the power
of product and people to improve the lives of those in need. Using
the unique 1/1/1 Model -- 1% Time, 1% Equity, 1% Product, and "one"
with the earth -- the Foundation reaches out to the community and
increases the effectiveness of nonprofit organizations so they can
better achieve their goals, which the Salesforce.com Foundation
calls the Power of Us. The Salesforce.com Foundation concentrates
on the use of technology, specifically as it relates to
organizations with youth development programs. The Salesforce.com
Foundation has supported technology projects around the world that
help kids in technology -- bereft urban and rural areas create a
better future for themselves. Since July of 2000, salesforce.com
employees have given over 50,000 hours of their time and expertise,
feeding the homeless, tutoring kids, improving nonprofit spaces,
and offering hundreds of helping hands when the world is faced with
devastating natural disasters. About salesforce.com Salesforce.com
is the market and technology leader in on-demand business services.
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customers to manage and share all of their sales, support,
marketing and partner information on-demand. The Salesforce
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developers and partners to build powerful new on-demand
applications that extend beyond CRM to deliver the benefits of
multi-tenancy and The Business Web across the enterprise. The
Salesforce Platform allows applications to be easily shared,
exchanged and installed with a few simple clicks via
salesforce.com's AppExchange directory, available at
http://www.salesforce.com/appexchange. Customers can also take
advantage of Successforce, salesforce.com's world-class training,
support, consulting and best practices offerings. As of April 30,
2007, salesforce.com manages customer information for approximately
32,300 customers including ABN AMRO, Dow Jones Newswires, Japan
Post, Kaiser Permanente, KONE, Sprint Nextel and SunTrust Banks.
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